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Transition From Gifted Child to Adult Producer

Not all highly gifted children grow up to be creative producers.
Personality factors and motivation appear to be among the most important elements
of creative achievement. Although there is consistency among researchers
regarding the attributes of eminent individuals, less information is available
about how these characteristics are acquired or the circumstances that generate
them.

Characteristics of creative producers include

Tolerance
or preference for solitude in childhood, which facilitates study and
practice within the talent area and also supports the development of a
rich internal fantasy life.

Lack
of concern with social conventions and conventional paths to achievement.
This lack of concern with conventions encourage risk taking.

Extraordinary
ability to cope with tensions caused by trying to solve major problems and
produce novel works. Eminent individuals often thrive on this tension.

Ability
to live and work on the edges of acceptance by critics.

High
energy, with individuals often described as "workaholics."

It’s very interesting that these characteristics can be born
not only out of childhoods that are privileged, but out of poverty, isolation,
parental death, serious illness, or dysfunctional families. When tragedy occurs
in childhood, some individuals are destroyed and others turn that tragedy into
positive energy that produces a very creative adult.

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I am the author of Raising a Gifted Child: A Parenting Success Handbook and former author of the popular Prufrock's Gifted Child Information Blog.
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